The aim of this module is to enable students to understand and apply tools and models to develop 
skills in strategic analysis, choice and implementation. Students will become competent in the use 
of management information to measure and monitor strategic performance. A comprehensive review 
will be undertaken of good governance practice, all developed within applicable ethical frameworks. 
Evaluating complex scenarios will be a feature of the module, based on complex data, financial and 
stakeholder analysis including making recommendations. Students would be expected to apply 
concepts, principles and theories from the knowledge and application levels of this syllabus.
 
Assessment approach: The examination will be a three hour paper consisting of two case studies. 
The case studies may be based on a variety of different organisational structures or operations. 
Students will be provided with background details ('advanced information') of the organisations in 
the respective case studies ahead of the exam. The advance information will not give specific 
indication of the eventual requirements of the case study. Students will be expected to familiarize 
themselves with the information provided about the organisations and the industry in which they 
operate, by undertaking detailed analysis of that advance information and some additional analysis 
and research where necessary. Students may take the results of their work into the exam. Students 
will be required to answer questions relating to the final case studies during the examination. 
Questions will be crafted based on the syllabus weighting grid covering the following broad areas: 
strategic management issues (40%), business plans (20%), financial objectives and strategies 
(20%) and corporate governance (20%).
 
On completion of this module, candidates will reach a competency sufficient to be able to:
 
(A) Evaluate strategic objectives for a specified scenario 
(B) Prepare and advise on a strategic analysis, for a specified scenario, by evaluating the 
external and internal environments to support strategy development 
(C) Apply key strategic models and prepare advice on, for a specified scenario, strategic choice 
(D) Discuss and evaluate the types of organisational structure and operational vehicles that can 
be used to support, for a specified scenario, the delivery of organisational strategy 
(E) Explain and analyse the arrangements required and prepare business plans, for a specified 
scenario, for an efficient and effective implementation of an organisational strategy 
(F) Evaluate the issues involved in the formulation of an organisation's financial strategy 
objectives for a specified scenario 
(G) Evaluate the issues involved in the formulation of an organisation's financial strategies for a 
specified scenario 

PRICE GHC200.00 (SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REVIEW)